There is an enormous selection of iPhone mobile apps that can help students run their daily lives in a variety of ways: from organizing your thoughts and assisting your studies, to managing your money and helping you navigate the area around your university. Here are just some of the best, and in order to respect the much-lamented student budget, they are all available for free.
1. Dictionary.com
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All of us get stuck for words at some point or another, but with this excellent dictionary and thesaurus app, this need not be the case. Once downloaded, the dictionary’s over 1,700,000 words are available without the Internet access. Its voice-activated definition search and pronunciation functions complete the package.
2. Wikipanion
The Wikipedia app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad allows you to search and navigate all Wikipedia entries both easily and quickly. With additional bookmarking, history and image saving functions, this app is an essential companion to your studies.
3. Flashcards*
Flashcards are no longer tedious to create with this iPhone app. It is easy to use and allows you to create extensive virtual decks of flashcards without performance-related issues. The app also integrates device syncing, sharing, image and web editing functions.
4. Mental Note Lite – the digital notepad
When a flash of inspiration hits you, who has time for a pen and paper? As your personal digital notepad, Mental Note Lite allows you to integrate your text-based notes with photos, voice recordings and drawings. The app will also allow you to export your notes in several formats including PDF.
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5. Amazon Student
Helping you to save money and trade-in unwanted textbooks, Amazon Student is the perfect app for all those keeping an eye on their budget. The app allows you to obtain instant price-checks by scanning in book barcodes and its trade-in function allows you to scan any unwanted books, games or films into the system and see their trade-in values, which will then be converted into Amazon Giftcards.
6. Mint.com Personal Finance
A highly acclaimed app for all those seeking to manage their money easily and safely, Mint.com Personal Finance allows you to create a personalised budget based on your spending, provides you with bill alerts and reminders, categorises your transactions automatically, and provides you with accessible graphs to understand your spending. An essential app for students on a tight budget.
7. Wi-Fi Finder
Operational in 144 countries worldwide, the Wi-Fi Finder helps you to locate your nearest Wi-Fi hotspot, providing you with directions and a map to get there. Its filter function also allows the user to sort results according to the type of location available, whether it is a coffee bar, restaurant or Internet café. Downloading the directory will also allow access to the app without being connected to the Internet.
8. AroundMe
For students studying away from home, this can be a useful tool for finding your nearest services. Search for your nearest bank, supermarket, cinema, restaurant or hospital, for example, in order to obtain relevant maps, routes and contact details.
9. DropBox
Dropbox is a great app that allows you to upload any kind of files (photos, documents etc.) virtually on a cloud-based server. The best thing about dropbox is that it is easily accessible from any device, and with the dropbox mobile application even from your phone. By signing up for a Dropbox account you get 2 GB of free storage, and can start uploading files and photos straight from your mobile phone.
10. iTunes U
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This great app helps you to find and download study materials of different universities all around the world. You can find pretty much everything including presentations, lectures, and course material from some of the top universities. Also the rang of subjects covered is quite diverse.
